1995 | France, Germany | Fiction

La Cérémonie (A JUDGEMENT IN STONE)

  • French English 111 mins
  • Director | Claude Chabrol
  • Writer | Claude Chabrol, Caroline Eliacheff
  • Producer | Marin Karmitz

STATUS: Released

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Sophie, the new housemaid for the Lelièvre family, is reserved and unassuming. But she loses favour with her employers when she makes friends with the feisty postmistress, Jeanne, whom Monsieur Lelièvre doesn’t like. The two very different women are linked by dark secrets and when one of Sophie’s is uncovered, she is fired. At Jeanne’s urging, she stands up to her employer. Aggressive, with a strong sense of class consciousness, Jeanne continues to spur on the escalating dispute

Isolation Class Illiteracy Violence Betrayal
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